A comparison of mammography spectral measurements with spectra produced using several different mathematical models

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1575-1589

  Wilkinson, L E ^a,b   Johnston, P N ^b   Heggie, J C P ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS;

HALF VALUE LAYER (HVL) MEASUREMENTS;

MAMMOGRAPHY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COLLIMATOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; GATED IMAGING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; ROENTGEN APPARATUS; SIMULATION; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHOTONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0035011178     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/46/5/316     Document Type: Article

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